Franconia Brook Tentsite

Beautiful area. Campsites are spread out so you have some privacy. There is an outhouse and a bear box for your food. Close walk to other nearby trails, and relatively close to parking lot if you need to get back to town for something (about an hour hike or so).

Aug 6, 2025. N.H. campsite closes after hungry bear damages tents By Truman Dickerson, Globe correspondent A “food-habituated’’ black bear damaged several tents and a screen enclosure in New Hampshire’s White Mountains last week, causing officials to close an affected campsite and consider euthanizing the bear, authorities said. “The Franconia Brook Tent site will be closed until the habituated bear is judged to no longer pose a safety risk,’’ the Forest Service said in a Facebook post Friday. The bear has been “panhandling hikers’’ who leave food unguarded at campsites and occasionally throw the animal food, said Daniel Bailey, the bear project leader at the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. If the bear’s behavior doesn’t change, it will likely have to be euthanized, he said. “I

Bear box, nice maintained sites, right near the water. Would love to go back again.

Nice camp for mild backpacking and a dog. No reservations. First come first serve.

Easy access, but far enough back from the road to not be crowded. Just across the river from multiple trails, makes a great starting point for several great hikes in the Whites. Just tent spots, no other facilities besides pit toilets. Cost a few bucks to park in the roadside lot, which does have flush toilets.